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Dr. Carmichael. Certainly, 



Mr. Bauer. That is all I have to ask, Mr. Clmirman. 

 (The material requested is included in the additional information 

 furnished in letter dated July 11, 1961, printed below.) 

 Mr. DiifGELL. Mr. Pelly ? 



Mr. Pelly. I have no questions but I would like to ask which offi- 

 cial of the Smithsonian would be the appropriate one if a representa- 

 tive were added to the Council, such as the Director of the National 

 Science Foundation included in this bill ? Who would be the appro- 

 priate one ? 



Dr. Carmicpiael. I think I would be the appropriate person and 

 my title is Secretary. It is an ancient title and I think when the 

 Smithsonian was founded, it was the title used for the principal ad- 

 ministrative officer in this city. 



It is still used by the Secretaries of the Cabinet departments. 

 That would make it possible for me, or for my successors, to desig- 

 nate the person most appropriate to go with him, or to attend in his 

 place when he could not attend meetings. 



Therefore, I think the principal administrative officer is the proper 

 person. 



Mr. Dingell. Doctor, you are then the principal administrative offi- 

 cer of the Smithsonian ? 

 Dr. Carmichael. That is true, sir. 



Mr. Dingell. Apropos of that, I was wondering if you would 

 scrutinize H.R. 42Y6 and give us other comments you feel might per- 

 fect the bill with regard to protecting and preserving the interests and 

 importance of your great Institution? Would you do that for us? 

 Dr. Carmichael. Yes, Mr. Chairman. 

 The letter I have prepared is in answer to this. 



Mr. Chairman, I do not know whether I should make reference to 

 this or not, but you realize that as we administer these Bureaus, 

 which are part of the Federal establishment, we must clear state- 

 ments we send formally in reply to questions from the Congress with 

 the Bureau of the Budget. 

 Mr. Dingell. I am aware of that. 



I would like to receive this at the earliest possible moment. I would 

 also like to have you so advise the Bureau of the Budget and I want 

 your honest recommendations and not the recommendations of the 

 Bureau of the Budget. 



I think this would be most helpful to this committee. 



Dr. Carmichael. Yes, Mr. Chairman. We will submit that. 



(The information follows :) 



July 11, 1961. 

 Hon. John D. Dingell, 



Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, U.S. House of Representatives, 

 Washington, D.G. 

 Dear Mr. Dingell : This responds to your request for answers to specific ques- 

 tions raised at the committee's hearing on June 23, 1961, on H.R. 4276, a biU 

 to expand and develop the aquatic resources of the United States including 

 the oceans, estuaries, and rivers, the Great Lakes and other ioland waters, to 

 enhance the general welfare, and for other purposes. 



The Smithsonian Institution is greatly interested in the field of oceanography 

 and welcomes the opportunity to share in the expansion of research now going 

 on in this important area of scientific knowledsce. For more than a century, 

 since its inception in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution has fostered and en- 

 couraged the increase and diffusion of knowledge in the realm of the natural 



